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GREAT CROPS OP STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
The Professional Man and Strawberries 
'JpO THE man of sedentary pursuits, re- 
maining at his desk through many hours 
of the day, there is no other occupation that 
gives greater promise of health and pleasure, 
to say nothing of possible profits, than straw- 
berry growing. And whether such a person 
is blessed with a generous area of fertile soil, 
or is limited to narrow confines at the rear 
end of a city lot, he may count with equal 
certainty upon the work to give him health 
and such delight as he will find in no other 
line of effort. It is the universal consensus 
that the strawberry patch is the most attrac- 
tive spot upon the home place. The flower 
garden is full of beauty and fragrance, and 
the vegetable garden has its elements of pleas- 
ure and promise, but the strawberry patch is 
not only a scene of beauty, but responds to 
man's natural demand in delicious edibles. 
In all the range of fruits nothing more amply 
fills ones ideal of gastronomic joy than does 
ripe, luscious, well-flavored strawberries. Out 
of our own experience, as well as from a 
countless number of enthusiastic letters that 
have come to us concerning this matter, we 
can confidently assure our friends of the pro- 
fessions that the keenest pleasure and zest of 
life awaits him who engages in the growing 
of strawberries. 
Women as Strawberry Growers 
^VERY year adds a large number of 
women to our long list of strawberry 
growers, and none of the men we know who 
are engaging in the work finds more pleasure 
in it than do these sensible women who have 
learned to look out-of-doors for recreation and 
enjoyment. Nor is this all. Some of the 
women who are growing strawberries from 
our Thoroughbred plants are finding the oc- 
cupation one of very generous profit, and 
Keep the surface of the soil constantly stirred. Cultivation conserves moisture, keeps down the weeds, and brings mew 
supplies of plant food to the plants and makes big crops of strawberries ceruin. 
